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Wrigley, my daughter's 4 month old Westie Terrier, looks at me through the chair legs.
Taken today, Jan 17, 2012, with a Kodak digital point and shoot.

Tibetan monk from Gaden Jangtse Monastery in Vancouver 2009, making sand manadala. I laid down on the floor for this photo.

Looking to the future.

Looking clueless, as only a baby can look.

f/5 1/2500 ISO 100; Shot summer 2011 at a wedding near Priddis, AB. It was a foodie wedding with seven food courses each paired with their own wine. Photo to capture endless wine...

This is the underside of a hummingbird in flight - F6.3; 1/1600; ISO400.

f/5 1/2500 ISO 100; Shot on a winter morning after a snowstorm in Calgary, AB.

Interesting art overhead in an open-air restaurant in Sayulita, Mexico 2009

Surrounded by sheltering trees.

f3.5 1/1600 ISO 100; Shot in Canmore during woman's road race.

A quiet moment before bedtime.

Sunny smile

Using a low angle and shallow depth of field to see a basketball hoop differently. Taken in Toronto on January 18, 2012.

f/3.5 1/1600 ISO 100; Shot in Cabo outside Buzzard's.

A tower Crane Stands Against The Cold January Sky Ready to Go To Work. Jan 18, 2012

Jan 15-Eye contact is achieved by using a low angle perspective.

f/11 1/5 ISO 320; Shot on a fall day on a bridge over the Elbow River in Calgary near Lindsay Park.

Taken in 2009, Vancouver. Tibetan monks from Gaden Jangtse Monastery made a sand mandala.

f/14 1.6 sec ISO 400; Langevin Bridge on a crisp evening in Calgary, AB.

Outside Santo Domingo church in Cartagena, Colombia. Crouched and prepared to take an ordinary picture of Pigeons, when a loud bang sent them airborne in unison

Morning Dove with two babies. F5.6; 1/800; ISO 400.

Photo was taken early morning hours in a Northern Ontario campground.

This photo was taken in Jasper in the spring of 2008. (May)

I spotted this owl while looking for shadows for last week's assignment.

Underneath a roof the morning of a rainy night.

college and beverley. the view from below.

On a wooden post ten feet, large zoom.

By taking the picture at a low angle, I could hide the mountains behind the ridge and have the picture focus on the bicyclist pedaling up the "endless" mountain.

Low-angle shot in British and Commonwealth WW1 cemetery in Arras, France

It's -33 in Central Alberta today. This warm picture of Grampa's Whiskers gives me hope summer will come ...

Taking a break on Bodego Ridge trail, Galiano Island, BC.

Table hockey

Looking up, while lying on the deck of the ship into the mast. This view was quite interesting. Taken on Oct 4th. in San Fransisco.

Sometimes when you get down low, your world expands. Taken on a resort in Costa Rica in Dec.

a photo I took lying on my stomach in a +15 in Calgary last summer

This is a picture of a daisy taken on a late summer weekend morning in Halifax.

One of the side entrances to The Hudson's Bay store, in Vancouver, B.C., reveals beautiful architecture to visitors who care to look up. Taken with an iPhone on June 3rd, 2010.

The familiar spider with her sac of eggs, taken from an unusual angle. Outside the National Galley of Art, Ottawa.

Taken on December 21st, 2010. One of the beautiful chandeliers at the Hotel Vancouver, in Vancouver, B.C. A low angle allows us to see how the ceiling thoughtfully complements the chandelier's design.

Priceless: Cycling Victoria, while the rest of the country is in the deep-freeze.

Easter 2009. "These boots are made for"....hunting easter eggs!

Taken on the back porch, before the big storm yesterday, a small amount of snow became a mountain. Taken on Jan 15th, 2012

Sometimes you start down low, but when you look up the most amazing sights come into view. Looking up into the trees, I spotted this robin.Taken in May at the bird sanctuary.

A single tire track in the snow around Sauble Beach Ontario

I saw the possibility of a nice shot as I walked past a collection of old stumps. The tough part was crawling behind and between the stumps and trying to keep the lense of the camera dry!

The curve of the road & the colours really made this a get down low moment. Taken in late Aug.

There's a lovely plaza along the Magnificent Mile. If you look up, you see amazing buildings converging overhead. The lacy leaves contrasted with the less ephemeral buildings and the everlasting sky.

Cannons from battles gone by sit patiently & perfectly at the Military Museum in Paris. Photo taken June 2011 with my Canon G9.

Taken with an iPhone on June 3rd, 2010, at an entrance to The Bay in downtown Vancouver, BC. When viewed from underneath, these period lamps reveal some interesting lines.

A ghost bike stands in solidarity on Spadina Ave. Ghost bikes are used as a memorial at the location a cyclist has had a fatal accident.

Shot January 16, 2012 on the abandoned E&N rail bridge crossing the Cowichan River on Vancouver Island.

Summer is just this way

Taken at Yonge and Dundas Streets - looking up

Aftermath of shocking thunder and lightning storm taken west of Baker Lake, NU in September, 2011.

Bank of Canada from Sparks Street, facing up.

Ozzy Morton (4 years old) goes for his first ride on a skateboard he received at Christmas.

My geranium plant continues to blossom on our outdoor balcony in Victoria BC. Photo taken on January 15, 2012.

Jan 15-This low angle view gives this image a sense of size. The world must seem so big for this little puppy, but yet with all that bravado, he is taking charge.

Sitting in the weeds from this overgrown garen and destroyed house, i got as low as I could.

Dec 30, 2011 - empty chair heading up the Lone Pine on Mt. Norquay, Banff, Alberta

Palm tree, Hawaii, Oct 2011

I love this photo becasue while the girl in the photo is the focal point, she is not in focus

The soaring flag flanked by the Trump Tower on the left and against this gorgeous blue sky seemed iconic somehow

Taken on holiday in Mexico 2011

Obviously this photo wasn't taken in the preceeding week, but your call for "low angles" and "striking composition" motivated me to submit this for your consideration. My back yard, June 2011.

Road side view of Bloomfield Ontario in Spring 2011.

Beach on a small uninhabited island in the Bahamas near Staniel Cay, Exumas.

Jan 16, 2012. Sudbury St, Toronto. A Concrete Pump At Work sending Its Payload Skyward.

The morning sun was shining through the dew covered grass.

Low angle photo taken with iPhone in Toronto at the tracks by Yonge & Summerhill on Jan15, 2012

Taken at Ball's Mill conservation Area Baltimore Ontario. Just Playing with a new Camera and this is what happened. I am of the thought... If you think it might make a nice photo... snap the shot.

I noticed this colourful pile of "pool noodles" in the summer of 2008

Shediac beach, NB. This is how things look for the many hermit crabs that frequent the beach. When the tide goes at at Shediac it leaves many large calm pools of water, great for play and photography.

I was lying on my back in some dirt, weeds, and burs for a good 20 minutes before I could attempt a shot of this owl in flight. Arrggh....just missed.

The kid and dog on Galiano Island, BC

Jan 14/2012 Visitors to Troll Falls in Kananaskis Country, Alberta

A lone Bloodroot spotted in the spring walking through a forest.

Abbey's favorite den to spend a cold winter night

Dec 2011 - Kopper knows there's an angel in the room.

This picture was taken at the riverfront park in Verdun, QC. I was almost lying over on the grass while taking this. Though the bokeh didn't turn out to be as good as expected, was quite happy with th

Dog mimics art.

Low angle photo taken in Toronto with iPhone by the tracks at Avenue Rd. and Summerhill on Jan15, 2012

Just watching a gentle snow fall in January, from the back yard hot tub.

Gargoyle and stone

Low angle shot of our dog Tessa relaxing outside in the summer

Taken December 14, 2010. Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Stoney Lake Ontario Sept 7th 2011.
Nikon D5000 f4, 1/250 sec.ISO 720

i was teaching a photo class a lesson on low angle photography and this shot was too good to miss.

This picture was taken in the summer near Parry Sound, Ontario. F.5.6; 1/125.

This was taken at the Toronto Harbour.

This years winter has been balmier than last years. On Jan 9th this clam was caught catching some rays in Cotuit Cape Cod

Fourteen year old Sara Garson was walking along a Florida beach on a sunny, humid day. " I took this picture at a different angle and really liked the outcome." Taken on January 6th 2012

i have only one leg. i am in a wheelchair forever. on november 30th, i went to my grandmothers funeral by taking the subway.

Toronto waterfront bench wamed by a Fall sun

at Sunnybrook Stable

Emma at her grandma's place

The Kiskadee was introduced to Bermuda from Trinidad in 1957 to control Anolis lizards.

In Toronto's Allan Gardens greenhouse admiring the bananna tree this past fall, and I thought that was one heck of a leaf!

A low angle persepctive of rocks washed from the Edmonton formation. Bones lie exposed here by the millions.

Taken at the Toronto Harbour in the summer, 2011

A basket of beans placed atop a tree stump on Saaremaa island in Estonia seems to make the surrounding dwelling and nature dwarf in comparison. Harvested in Sept. 2011 and waiting to be stewed.

Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Jan 2011

Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories full moon with aurora borealis January 10th, 2012

Poor Ernie

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

Uplifting low level shot of my daughter taken on my parents' lawn while visiting Toronto in June 2011.

Most of our lives are spent looking down. This shot shows what the dandelion in my neighbor's lawn is looking at. St. John's NL, July 4, 2010.

Palacio de Santa Catalina, La Fortaleza (The Fortress) is the current official residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico. It was built between 1533 and 1540 to defend the harbor of San Juan.

I had to stoop low to get in level with this six inches tall Mushroom in Borreal Forst near our place. It is a delicacy for the wandering black bears in Summer.

Taken from the steps leading down to my in-laws' root cellar on Saaremaa island off the coast of Estonia in Sept. 2010. Grandma was getting jars of jam and berry syrup for us to take to the city.

i was shooting reflections in shop windows in the other direction; something about the people passing made me turn around and take a quick shot into the harsh light.

i was photographing the patterns of the tide on the beach as it washed in and out when a boy, quite fortuitously ran through my field of vision.

From the floor of the AGO.

In order to get a great picture of our daughter at the beach it helped to surprise her and come out from the beach toys.

Clouds rolling out to the horizon brings clarity on a quiet pebble beach.
France 2012

Some of my friends playing guitar in a forested area in Markham

Taffy, a curious Welsh terrier, likes to monitor the movements of interlopers.

Fourteen year old Sara Garson took this picture on a beach in Naples, while on vacation. " I wanted to try and take it from a different angle". Taken on January 6th 2012.

Alexa on the wall

This jellyfish was tiny from a distance but a low level shot made it look alien like huge.I took it off Vancouver Island in 2009. Canon Powershot f 7.1... one one thousand SS

i had initially envisioned this shot without noticing the shadow; it was only when i brought the camera to my eye that i noticed it.

This picture was taken with a wide angle lens. It was photograhed by lake Ontario. I knelt down to capture the rocks, sky and drift wood.

A windy day at the cottage - this ball was blown into the water and there was something quite compelling about the way it seemd to have a life of it's own.

Took a low level photo of this inukshuk off Vancouver Is 2009. Canon Power Shot

A gift of hope planted during cancer treatment several years ago, these unusual tulips turn heads rain or shine.

A photo of my friend's shadow, and another one of my friends peeking over a wall. It's funny cause if you know them, you can tell who the shadow belongs to first.

alking our favourite beach on Lake Erie January 7th, we came across a childs boat washed high up by the fall and winter winds. I wonder what stories it could tell.

Willow enjoys a nap in the warm winter sunbeam. She's very fuzzy.

Photo from low angle... I am lying on the ice taking this shot...this piece of ice is the size of a large pizza approx...but this angle makes it seem bigger